function ShowMenu()
{
    DarkenPage();
    ShowMenuPanel();
}

function findPosX(obj)
  {
    var curleft = 0;
    if(obj.offsetParent)
        while(1)
        {
          curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
          if(!obj.offsetParent)
            break;
          obj = obj.offsetParent;
        }
    else if(obj.x)
        curleft += obj.x;
    return curleft;
  }

  function findPosY(obj)
  {
    var curtop = 0;
    if(obj.offsetParent)
        while(1)
        {
          curtop += obj.offsetTop;
          if(!obj.offsetParent)
            break;
          obj = obj.offsetParent;
        }
    else if(obj.y)
        curtop += obj.y;
    return curtop;
  }

function ShowMenuPanel()
{
    var menu_panel = document.getElementById('menu_panel');

    // show the newsletter panel
    menu_panel.style.display = 'block';
}

function HideMenu()
{
    // hide the newsletter panel
    var menu_panel = document.getElementById('menu_panel');
    menu_panel.style.display = 'none';
    // lighten the page again
    LightenPage();
}

// this function puts the dark screen over the entire page
function DarkenPage()
{
    var page_screen = document.getElementById('page_screen');
    page_screen.style.display = 'block';
}

// this function removes the dark screen and the page is light again
function LightenPage()
{
    var page_screen = document.getElementById('page_screen');
    page_screen.style.display = 'none';
}

function setTitle (title)
{
	document.getElementById("gallerytitle").innerHTML = title;
}

function clearTitle ()
{
	document.getElementById("gallerytitle").innerHTML = ' ';
}